Conducting impactful research: working with non-academic partners

This online workshop has been organised by the Space, Place, Environment and Liveability (SPEL) pathway and is open to all ESRC and non-ESRC funded PhD and MA Social Research students within the WRDTP’s seven partner universities. PGRs from all seven interdisciplinary Pathways are welcome to attend.

Dr Richard Friend’s research focuses on the poverty and governance dimensions of social and environmental transformations, particularly around fisheries, water resources, urbanization and climate change. He has a longstanding interest in scientific and indigenous knowledge and the role of knowledge in driving social change. Outside academia, he has over twenty-five years’ experience working in international development, managing implementation programmes and advising donors, UN agencies and NGOs – primarily in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India and Nepal. Richard will draw on this wide ranging experience to reflect on the benefits, challenges and processes involved in producing research with impact in collaboration with non-academic partners.

Students attending the session will:

• Build their knowledge and understanding of the process, challenges and benefits of designing and delivering research with non-academic partners. 
• Gain access to cutting edge research on key challenges in the international development space such as climate change and social justice